Scarborough North (electoral district)

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Scarborough North
Ontario electoral district
Scarborough North in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries).png
Scarborough North in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Shaun Chen
Liberal
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 101,080
Electors (2015) 64,427
Area (km²)[1] 32
Pop. density (per km²) 3,158.8
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto
Map of Scarborough North riding

Scarborough North (French: Scarborough-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario.

Scarborough North was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Scarborough—Rouge River (92%) and Scarborough—Agincourt (8%).[3]

Geography[edit]

The riding consists of the northern part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Agincourt (east of Midland Avenue), Milliken (east of Midland Avenue), Morningside Heights (Brookside), and Malvern (west of Neilson Road).

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Scarborough North
Riding created from Scarborough—Agincourt
and Scarborough—Rouge River
42nd  2015–Present     Shaun Chen Liberal

Election results[edit]

Canadian federal election, 2015
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Shaun Chen
Independent Aasia Khatoon
Green Eleni MacDonald
Conservative Ravinder Malhi
Independent Raphael Rosch
New Democratic Rathika Sitsabaiesan
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0     $198,897.93
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 64,427
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote  %
  New Democratic 12,672 35.37
  Conservative 11,959 33.38
  Liberal 10,343 28.87
  Green 579 1.62
  Other 277 0.77

References[edit]